Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979 - 1981



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Captured American embassy worker Barry Rosen is displayed to the Iranian public.

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After 444 days in captivity, the hostages finally made it back safely to American soil in January, 1981.


The BBC did two interviews on the 25th anniversary of the storming of the US Embassy which can be found here.
Wikipedia also has a list of classified documents captured by the Iranians from the embassy, some of which are available online and can be found here.